Prices op^ Corn. 



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Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, and Oats per Im- 

 perial Quarter in Belgium in the under-mentioned 

 Months of 1S98. 



Month, 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



1898- 



November - - ■ 

 December . - - - 



s, d. 



29 10 

 29 2 



s. d. 

 ' 23 8 

 23 7 



s. d. 

 17 II 

 17 10 



Mean of the year 



35 10 



22 II 



19 2 



The above prices have been compiled from the official monthly averages pub- 

 lished in the Monitenr Beige. 



Average Prices of Wheat, Barley, and Oats pet 

 Imperial Quarter at the under -mentioned Markets in 

 the under-mentioned Months of 1898 and 1899. 



Month. 



London. 



Paris. 



Breslau. 



Wheat. 



December, 1898 

 Mean of the year 1898 

 January, 1899 - 

 February 



l^er Qr. 

 s. d. 



28 10 



Per Qr. 

 ^. d. 



36 6 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. s. d. 

 32 9 to 36 5 



34 9 



45 3 



36 0 ,, 41 0 



28 0 

 27 0 



36 10 



.37 4 



1 32 8 „ 36 5 

 32 4 36 I 



Barley. 



December, 1898 

 Mean of the year 1898 

 January, 1899 

 February 



Per Qr. 

 s. a. 

 28 7 



Per Qr. 



s. d. 

 21 2 



Per Qr. 

 s. d. s. d. 



24 9 to 28 4 



27 5 1 23 8 



24 10 ,, 28 8 



31 6 

 28 7 



22 I 

 22 1 



24 9 ,, 28 4 

 24 3 27 II 



Oats. 



December, 1898 

 Mean of the year 189S 

 January, 1899 - 

 February 



Per Qr. 



s. d 

 18 0 



. Per Qr. 

 .c. d. 



17 8 



Per Qr. 

 s, d. s. d. 

 17 0 to 18 0 



19 4 



20 10 



19 8 „ 21 I 



18 I 

 17 10 



18 5 



18 II 



17 5 li^ 5 

 17 5 18 5 



Note. — The London quotation represents the price of British corn as returned under 

 the Corn Returns Act, 1882 ; the price of grain in Paris is the official average price of 

 French wheat in that city ; the quotations shown for Breslau represent the prices of 

 grain of good merchantable quality. 



